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Class of light-emitting chemical compounds
Luciferin (from Latin lucifer 'light-bearer') is a generic term for the light-emitting compound found in organisms that generate bioluminescence. Luciferins
Luciferin
Chemical compound
Firefly luciferin (also known as beetle luciferin) is the luciferin, precursor of the light-emitting compound, used for the firefly (Lampyridae), railroad
Firefly_luciferin
Family of proteins which produce bioluminescence
photoprotein. The name was first used by Raphaël Dubois who invented the words luciferin and luciferase, for the substrate and enzyme, respectively. Both words
Luciferase
Emission of light by a living organism
group, e.g. firefly luciferin or cypridina luciferin. In all characterized cases, the enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of the luciferin resulting in excited
Bioluminescence
Light-emitting enzyme
fireflies and click beetles. The enzyme catalyses the oxidation of firefly luciferin, requiring oxygen and ATP. Because of the requirement of ATP, firefly
Firefly_luciferase
Chemical compound
Vargulin, also called Cypridinid luciferin, Cypridina luciferin, or Vargula luciferin, is the luciferin found in the ostracod Cypridina hilgendorfii, also
Vargulin
Fungal bioluminescence
luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with a luciferin. The phenomenon has been known since ancient times, with its source determined
Foxfire
Type of light-emitting protein
a specific luciferase, an enzyme with systematic name dinoflagellate-luciferin:oxygen 132-oxidoreductase. It catalyses a chemical reaction which releases
Dinoflagellate_luciferase
Enzyme produced by bioluminescent organisms
produced by bioluminescent organisms. They add to the function of the luciferins whose usual light-producing reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme luciferase
Photoprotein
Renilla-luciferin 2-monooxygenase, Renilla luciferase, or RLuc, is a bioluminescent enzyme found in Renilla reniformis, belonging to a group of coelenterazine
Renilla-luciferin 2-monooxygenase
Renilla-luciferin_2-monooxygenase
Class of enzymes
Renilla-luciferin sulfotransferase (EC 2.8.2.10) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction renilla luciferin + PAPS renilla luciferyl
Renilla-luciferin sulfotransferase
Renilla-luciferin_sulfotransferase
Latia-luciferin monooxygenase (demethylating) (EC 1.14.99.21) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction latia luciferin 2 O2 CO2 dihydro-β-ionone
Latia-luciferin monooxygenase (demethylating)
Latia-luciferin_monooxygenase_(demethylating)
Watasenia-luciferin 2-monooxygenase (EC 1.13.12.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Watasenia luciferin + O2 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons
Watasenia-luciferin 2-monooxygenase
Watasenia-luciferin_2-monooxygenase
Cypridina-luciferin 2-monooxygenase (EC 1.13.12.6) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction vargulin O2 CO2 oxidized vargulin + hν
Cypridina-luciferin 2-monooxygenase
Cypridina-luciferin_2-monooxygenase
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center. In 1949, he first purified firefly luciferin, which gives off light after being combined with ATP, magnesium ion, oxygen
Bernard_L._Strehler
Modular approach to chemical synthesis
1,2-aminothiol and a 2-cyanobenzothiazole to make luciferin, which is fluorescent. This luciferin fluorescence may then be quantified by spectrometry
Click_chemistry
called luciferin. The dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra (previously called Gonyaulax polyedra) also contains a second protein called luciferin binding
Scintillon
Bioluminescent, marine dinoflagellate
thermolabile enzyme, and luciferin, which is preserved by hot water but is present in limited quantities in organisms. Luciferin combines with luciferase
Noctiluca
Species of single-celled organism
unusual feature is that luciferin appears to be distributed throughout the organism, unlike all other organisms in which luciferin appears as punctate sources
Polykrikos_kofoidii
Class of enzymes
Oplophorus-luciferin 2-monooxygenase (EC 1.13.12.13), also known as Oplophorus luciferase (referred in this article as OpLuc) is a luciferase, an enzyme
Oplophorus-luciferin 2-monooxygenase
Oplophorus-luciferin_2-monooxygenase
Chemical compound
its derivatives are found in commercial products or in nature. Firefly luciferin can be considered a derivative of benzothiazole. It has a sulfurous odor
Benzothiazole
Species of beetle
regulating the oxygen flow to the light-producing membranes that contain luciferin. This light results from a chemical reaction facilitated by the enzyme
Lampyris_noctiluca
substance (called "luciferin") is reduced by a soluble reductase enzyme at the expense of NAD(P)H. In the second stage, reduced luciferin is oxidized by an
List_of_bioluminescent_fungi
Finnish black metal band
Italy. In 2006, Azaghal recorded a second album for Avantgarde Music, Luciferin Valo. This album saw a more back-to-basics approach, both in simplified
Azaghal_(band)
Genus of beetles
different luciferases in their bodies, as the reaction substrate, called luciferin, is the same. The "railroad worm" name arises because these glowing spots
Railroad_worm
Family of bivalves
bioluminescence and was investigated by Raphaël Dubois in his 1887 discovery of luciferin. Genus Aspidopholas P. Fischer, 1887 Aspidopholas yoshimurai Kuroda &
Pholadidae
Emission of light as a result of a chemical reaction
different for each species, they are given the generic name of luciferin. Firefly luciferin can be oxidized to produce an excited complex. Once it falls
Chemiluminescence
Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928–2018)
[Structure of Sea Firefly Luciferin (Part 2–3) (Part 2) Properties and Molecular Formula of Sea Firefly Luciferin]. Chemistry Journal of Japan. 81
Osamu_Shimomura
2011 single by Chiaki Kuriyama
Defstar Records Songwriter Ringo Sheena Chiaki Kuriyama singles chronology "Oishii Kisetsu" (2011) "Tsukiyo no Shōzō" (2011) "Toyosu Luciferin" (2013)
Tsukiyo_no_Shōzō
Genus of seed shrimps
species. Conchoecia have a coelenterazine luciferin based bioluminescent system, unlike the cypridinid luciferin based system found in the Cypridinidae.
Conchoecia
Chemical compound
Coelenterazine is a luciferin, a molecule that emits light after reaction with oxygen, found in many aquatic organisms across eight phyla. It is the substrate
Coelenterazine
Aquatic, unicellular protists with two flagella
the cell membrane. Some species also possess the luciferin binding protein which binds to luciferin before acidification to protect it from autoxidation
Dinoflagellate
Small, shrimp-like crustaceans; order of crustaceans
chemiluminescence reaction, wherein a luciferin (a kind of pigment) is activated by a luciferase enzyme. Studies indicate that the luciferin of many krill species is
Krill
Species of gastropod
Further details on its ecology and general biology can be found in. Latia luciferin is chemically (E)-2-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohex-1-yl)-1-buten-1-ol
Latia_neritoides
Tribe of beetles
contain it start to glow like the firefly when brought in contact with a luciferin-containing medium. Firefly luciferases differ slightly between taxa, resulting
Photinini
In enzymology, a long-chain-fatty-acid—luciferin-component ligase (EC 6.2.1.19) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + an acid + protein
Long-chain-fatty-acid—luciferin-component ligase
Long-chain-fatty-acid—luciferin-component_ligase
Order of insects
bioluminescence. Light production is highly efficient, by oxidation of luciferin catalyzed by enzymes (luciferases) in the presence of adenosine triphosphate
Beetle
Italian contemporary artist
immobility and semidarkness within apartments designated for the purpose. Luciferin music is the title Corte gives to his musical production from 1995 to
Enrico_Corte
Species of seed shrimp
blue-coloured light by a specialized chemical reaction of the substrate luciferin and the enzyme luciferase. The luciferase enzyme consists of a 555-amino
Vargula_hilgendorfii
Family of beetles
luciferase that acts on another compound produced by fireflies, firefly luciferin. In the presence of magnesium ions, ATP, and oxygen, this reaction produces
Firefly
Species of fly
luciferin molecule. Notably, the luciferase enzyme in glowworms differs from that found in fireflies, despite some similarities. The unique luciferin
Arachnocampa_luminosa
Species of fish
lack luciferin in their photophores. In experiments, nonluminescent fish can be made luminescent by dosing them orally or by injection with luciferin obtained
Porichthys_notatus
Genus of corals
alarming rate. Research done by Charbonneau and Cormier studied LBP, a luciferin-binding protein, which has a big part in the bioluminescent process in
Renilla
Substances produced by living organisms
chlorophyll, bilirubin, hemocyanin, hemoglobin, myoglobin Light-emitting: luciferin Carotenoids: Hematochromes (algal pigments, mixes of carotenoids and their
Biological_pigment
Japanese actress, singer, and model (born 1984)
Sanpunkan" — "Tsukiyo no Shōzō" 62 — 2,000 Circus Deluxe Edition "Toyosu Luciferin" (とよす☆ルシフェリン, Toyosu Rushiferin) 2013 109 — 900 Non-album single "0" 111
Chiaki_Kuriyama
Species of shrimp
luminous fluid when distressed. When it is discharged into the water, luciferin contained in the fluid reacts with oxygen to produce luciferase and light
Acanthephyra_purpurea
Renilla-luciferin 2-monooxygenase EC 1.13.12.5 Cypridina-luciferin 2-monooxygenase EC 1.13.12.6 Firefly luciferase EC 1.13.12.7 Watasenia-luciferin 2-monooxygenase
List_of_enzymes
Photon from a biological source
emitted light visible to the naked eye, using biochemical means such as luciferin/luciferase). The term biophoton used in this narrow sense should not be
Biophoton
Part of the ocean beyond the continental shelf
sensitive to blue light; it is produced by the reaction of two compounds (luciferin and luciferase) which creates a soft glow. The process by which bioluminescence
Oceanic_zone
Glandular organ that appears as luminous spots on various marine animals
primarily for mating. Their bioluminescence comes from the breaking down of luciferin, which is caused by a reaction with oxygen. Luminous Fungi - Basidiomycetes
Photophore
Class of chemical compounds
in cyanobacteria) Luciferins, found in dinoflagellates and euphausiid shrimps (krill) Bilirubin Biliverdin Phycoerythrobilin Luciferin in dinoflagellates
Tetrapyrrole
Species of crustacean
plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus), as it is the source of luciferin for the bioluminescence seen in the fish. Goodheart, Jessica A.; Minsky
Vargula_tsujii
Species of bacterium
emit bluish-green light (490 nm) due to a chemical reaction between FMN, luciferin and molecular oxygen catalysed by an enzyme called luciferase. P. phosphoreum
Photobacterium_phosphoreum
Species of fungus
is due to an enzyme called luciferase, acting upon a compound called luciferin, leading to the emission of light much as fireflies do when glowing. Bioluminescence
Omphalotus_olearius
Species of fungus
it's a very pale light colour." The enzymes produced from the compound luciferin gives the mushrooms their glow, as it also does with fireflies and some
Mycena_roseoflava
Species of single-celled organism
seawater. The dinoflagellete type of luciferin used in this reaction is one of the four common types of luciferin found in the marine environment, and
Pyrocystis_fusiformis
Species of fungus
and looks beautiful. Mycena emits light because luciferase reacts with luciferin to produce light. It's thought this change helps mushrooms attract bugs
Mycena_lux-coeli
Species of beetle
2019). "Phrixotrix luciferase and 6′-aminoluciferins reveal a larger luciferin phenolate binding site and provide novel far-red combinations for bioimaging
Phrixothrix_hirtus
Amino acid
in the form of blue light. During bioluminescence, the reaction of a luciferin with a luciferase generates an energetically excited molecule that emits
Arginine
Topics referred to by the same term
character Lucifera Demon Lover, a film Luciferase, a bioluminescent enzyme Luciferin, a generic term for the light-emitting compound found in organisms that
Lucifer_(disambiguation)
Species of beetle
and is found within cells of the lantern. Luciferase requires oxygen, luciferin and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to catalyze a chemical reaction that
Photinus_pyralis
elucubration, lucent, lucid, lucidity, Lucifer (bearer of light), luciferase, luciferin, luciferous, lucifugal, lucubrate, lucubration, luculent, noctilucent
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/H–O
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/H–O
French pharmacologist and biologist (1849–1929)
light production of Pholas dactylus in 1887, in which he coined the terms luciferin and luciferase. Poisson, Jacques (April 2010). "Raphaël Dubois, from pharmacy
Raphaël_Dubois
Chemical compound
mushroom Inonotus xeranticus or Phellinus. Hispidin is a precursor of fungal luciferin, a compound responsible for light emission by luminous mushrooms. Davallialactone
Hispidin
American cable news and digital media company
November 2, 2021. "Fact Check-Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine does not contain luciferin or luciferase". Reuters. May 6, 2021. Archived from the original on November
Newsmax
Technique used to kill cancer cells
organism, once they become cancerous, to create the firefly light source luciferin and luciferase to create light. The light itself would have little effect
Bioluminescent activated destruction
Bioluminescent_activated_destruction
Species of fungus
generically as luciferases—produce light by oxidizing a pigment called a luciferin. In some areas, P. stypticus is bioluminescent, and the fruit bodies of
Panellus_stipticus
Genus of flies
of a chemical reaction that involves luciferin, the substrate; luciferase, the enzyme that acts upon luciferin; adenosine triphosphate, the energy molecule;
Arachnocampa
Bacteria that produce light through chemiluminescence
in this general manner (utilizing luciferase and luciferin), there are different types of luciferin-luciferase systems. For bacterial bio-luminescence
Bioluminescent_bacteria
American harpist
Tragic Magic (with Julianna Barwick; InFiné, 2026) Compilation albums Luciferin Light (Kit, 2015) Collected Pieces (Ghostly International, 2017) Collected
Mary_Lattimore
Species of fly
Bruce R.; Johnson, Carl H. (2020-06-15). "A new brilliantly blue-emitting luciferin-luciferase system from Orfelia fultoni and Keroplatinae (Diptera)". Scientific
Orfelia_fultoni
Fauna found in deep-sea areas
of producing light biologically through the agitation of molecules of luciferin, which then produce light. This process must be done in the presence of
Deep-sea_fish
Calcium-activated photoprotein
1921. Though Harvey was unable to demonstrate a classical luciferase-luciferin reaction, he showed that water could produce light from dried photocytes
Aequorin
Species of cephalopod also known as the sparkling enope squid
around the eye and on the arms only produce blue light. The reactant luciferin and the necessary enzyme luciferase are located in a crystalline structure
Firefly_squid
Leading robotic research center in India
utilizes agents called glowworms which use a luminescent quantity called Luciferin to (indirectly) communicate the function-profile information at their
IISc Guidance, Control and Decision Systems Laboratory
IISc_Guidance,_Control_and_Decision_Systems_Laboratory
Protein that exhibits bright green fluorescence when exposed to ultraviolet light
luminescent protein aequorin (an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of luciferin, releasing light), was first purified from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria
Green_fluorescent_protein
Japanese organic chemist
April 1955. Hirata tasked him with purifying crystallizing Cypridina luciferin for the purpose of determining its structure. He completed the difficult
Yoshimasa_Hirata
countries. Infraluciferin became the go-to luciferin for in vivo imaging and threatening to replace natural luciferin entirely. There was a huge jump in broadband
2000s in science and technology
2000s_in_science_and_technology
American physiologist and biophysicist
of bioluminescence, describing the partial purification of Cypridina luciferin in the Journal of General Physiology. By the mid‑20th century, his research
Rubert_S_Anderson
Family of transport proteins
antihistaminics, antihypertensives and anticancer drugs. Other substrates include luciferin, thyroid hormones and quinolones. Organic anion transporting polypeptides
Organic anion transporter family
Organic_anion_transporter_family
American independent record label
Morpheus Sister and Oneiroid Psychosis. The label's final release was Luciferin by Machine That Flashes in 1998. Finkler, Ed (June 17, 1997). "Interview
Decibel_(record_label)
Species of fungus
oxyluciferin (luciferin precursor) by NADH or NADPH with a soluble enzyme (approximately 25 kDa) and light-emitting oxidation of luciferin by molecular
Panellus_pusillus
Method of DNA sequencing
apyrase, and with the substrates adenosine 5´ phosphosulfate (APS) and luciferin.[verification needed] The addition of one of the four deoxynucleotide
Pyrosequencing
Spread of planktonic algae in water
that link bioluminesce and toxin production in algal blooms. They use a luciferin-luciferase reaction to create a blue light emission glow. There are seventeen
Algal_bloom
Chemical compound
thiazole derivatives are benzothiazoles, for example, the firefly chemical luciferin. Whereas thiazoles are well represented in biomolecules, oxazoles are
Thiazole
American bioluminescence scientist
Bioluminescence, Chemi-Luminescence and Enzyme Function in the Oxidation of Firefly Luciferin". Photochemistry and Photobiology. 10 (3): 153–170. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097
Howard_Harold_Seliger
RNA COVID-19 vaccine
January 2022. "Fact Check-Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine does not contain luciferin or luciferase". Reuters. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 November
Moderna_COVID-19_vaccine
Indian-American chronobiologist
mortality and reduced waste clearance. Allada and his lab team administered luciferin, a substrate for firefly luciferase reporters and discovered evidence
Ravi_Allada
Misinformation regarding the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and the resulting hesitancy towards it
Snopes.com. "Fact Check-Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine does not contain luciferin or luciferase". Reuters. 6 May 2021 – via www.reuters.com. "No, Pfizer
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy
COVID-19_vaccine_misinformation_and_hesitancy
Evolutionarily-conserved protein domain
proteins are extracellular glycoproteins. It is also found in a Cypridina-luciferin 2-monooxygenase P17554. Its actual functions in these proteins are unknown
Von Willebrand factor type D domain
Von_Willebrand_factor_type_D_domain
American biologist
(formerly Gonyaulax polyedra)]. They elucidated the structures of the luciferins and luciferases, the organization and regulation of their associated genes
John_Woodland_Hastings
Scientific method
higher signal-to-noise ratios. Such systems may rely on aequorin and the luciferin coelenterazine. Ca2+ binding causes a conformational change that facilitates
Calcium_imaging
Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan
shark from an artificial uterus and the self-production of lantern shark luciferin". PLOS ONE. 18 (9) e0291224. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1891224T. doi:10.1371/journal
Okinawa_Churaumi_Aquarium
Species of bacterium
the day and dimmer at night, as required for camouflage. The bacterial luciferin-luciferase system is encoded by a set of genes labelled the lux operon
Aliivibrio_fischeri
Cell that specializes in catalyzing enzymes to produce light
the enzyme luciferase into a reaction chamber containing the substrate luciferin. In some species, this release occurs continuously without neural stimulation
Photocyte
American scientist (1925-2019)
organisms. He developed a method using two chemicals, luciferase and luciferin, from fireflies which give off light when mixed with ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
Emmett_Chappelle
Species of shark
"Etmopterus lantern sharks use coelenterazine as the substrate for their luciferin-luciferase bioluminescence system". Biochemical and Biophysical Research
Splendid_lanternshark
glow is self-sustained, works by converting plants' caffeic acid into luciferin and, unlike for bacterial bioluminescence genes used earlier, has a high
Timeline_of_biotechnology
2025 studio album by Ichiko Aoba
sorts." "Luciférine," named after the french word for the bioluminescent luciferin chemical compound, features strings, flute, and piano. Aoba's fascination
Luminescent_Creatures
Genus of fungi
Bioluminescence in the genus occurs as a reaction between oxygen and luciferin molecules catalyzed by the enzyme luciferase. In recent years, mycologists
Mycena
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